7030. Misbranding of Texas Wonder.     TJ.  S.   *    *    *    v. 24 Packages and 76
Packages of Texas Wonder. Default decree of condemnation, for- 
feiture, and destruction. (P. & D. Nos. 9550, 9551. I. S. Nos. 2446-r, 
2447-r.     S. Nos. W-262,  2G3.)
On or about December 26, 1918, the United States attorney for the Southern 
District of California, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, 
filed in the District Court of the United States for said district libels for the 
seizure and condemnation of 24 packages and 76 packages of Texas Wonder, 
remaining unsold in the original unbroken packages at Los Angeles, Cal., 
alleging that the article had been shipped on April 17, 1918, and on April 1, 
1918, October 4, 1918, and December 4, 1918, by E. W. Hall, St. Louis Mo., and 
transported from the State of Missouri into the State of California, and charg- 
ing misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, as amended. The 
article was labeled in part, " Texas Wonder, Hall's Great Discovery for Kidney 
and Bladder Troubles, Diabetes, Weak and Lame Backs, Rheumatism, Dis- 
solves Gravel, Regulates Bladder Trouble in Children."
Examination of a sample of the article from a previous shipment by the 
Bureau of Chemistry of this department showed it to consist essentially of 
oleoresin of copaiba, rhubarb, turpentine, guaiac, and alcohol.
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance in the libels for the reason 
that the above-quoted statements borne on the labels of the packages were 
false and fraudulent in that the article contained no ingredient or combina- 
tion of ingredients capable of producing the therapeutic effects claimed for it. 
Misbranding of the article was alleged in substance for the further reason 
that the statement borne on the package, to wit, " Dr. E. W. Hall, Sole Manu- 
facturer," indicated that the article was manufactured by a physician, whereas, 
in truth and in fact, the said E. W. Hall was not a physician.
On June 24, 1919, no claimant having appeared for the property, judgment 
of condemnation and forfeiture was entered, and it was ordered by the court 
that the product should be destroyed by the United States marshal.
E. D. BALL, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture.